I'm thinking of starting a series of these, like that awful "Markets in everything" one. This week ... it is bad enough to be forced to administering a state-mandated exam to five year olds, which consists of asking them to point at a picture of a carrot. But, reading carefully ...
The new tests would be subject to external supervision: outside examiners would assess papers but would not sit in on the tests.Yep, some lucky punter is going to get the job of quality assuring an exam which consists of five-year-olds pointing at carrots.
"Did the kid point at the carrot?"
"Yes"
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For no extra money too, I'll bet.
I think the best bit of this turdspurt is that the whole point of the exercise is to generate KPIs, rather than anything to do with children.
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I've just realised that the fact that someone is going to be scrutineering the cat/carrot exam presumably implies that someone, somewhere, considered that somebody would bother to cheat on the cat/carrot exam
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